THE NANGWA PROJECT
Nangwa, Tanzania: 1960 – 1997
The Nangwa Project successfully created a trade school, medical dispensary, mother and child clinic, and mission church in the village of Nangwa in Tanzania, East Africa.
The trade school was dedicated in 1980 by Tanzanian President President Julius Nyere and quickly grew to 357 students with 13 instructors. In 1988, the Medical Missionaries of Mary took over the management of the clinic and dispensary.
A community center for adults was built, and a small workshop of twelve carpenters blossomed into a 415-student trainee center with instruction in carpentry, building, mechanics, electrical installation, preventative medicine, First Aid, English, Math, and other subject areas. The Nangwa Center also offers an all-girl technical training center.
THE MOGITU PROJECT
Mogitu, Tanzania: 1988 – Present
The Mogitu Project is another nondenominational project started in the 1980’s with the goal of building a vocational training center with school dormitories, medical dispensary, mother and child clinic, community center, small mission church and house.
The government of Tanzania generously donated 100 acres of forest land (bush) for this project. The nearest area with water is located five miles away.
Through The Mogitu Project, agricultural and vocational skills are taught to allow for self-sufficiency. Students are educated in the school and live in the dormitories. Pregnant women, children and the elderly find care at the mother and child clinic and dispensary. Villagers find support with food and medical care.
The people of Tanzania look forward to a brighter future, where poverty and suffering will be alleviated, and villagers can work together with the love and necessary resources to enrich each other’s lives.